Chartered Accountants ANZ appoints Māori Sector Manager

A key step in organisation’s commitment to lift under representation of Māori in the accounting profession.

In brief

Kateriina Selwyn has been appointed as the new Maori Sector Manager

The role will provide the opportunity for CA ANZ to engage with Māori currently studying accounting as well as encouraging more Māori into the profession

Chartered
Accountants Australia and New Zealand has appointed Kateriina Selwyn as Māori
Sector Manager – a first for the country’s largest accounting organisation.

Kateriina’s
role will be to foster long-term and meaningful relationships with Iwi
(tribes), employers, Chartered Accountants ANZ members and prospective members
to increase the number of Māori Chartered Accountants.

Simon
Grant, Head of Members for Chartered Accountants ANZ said “Kateriina will
provide a critical connection between our members, Government, business and
enterprise, and our strategic partners, including Ngā Kaitatau Māori o Aotearoa – the National Māori Accountants Network.

“As
an organisation we are committed to helping fix the under representation of
Māori in the accounting profession."

“We
have been working with Ngā Kaitatau Māori o Aotearoa to encourage more Māori to
become Chartered Accountants and help fill the gap in governance, business and
financial skills resulting from rapid growth in Māori businesses and the
shortage of Māori accountants.”

She
says her role will provide the opportunity to not only engage with Māori
currently studying accounting, but encourage more Māori into the profession.

“I
see this role as an opportunity to develop and strengthen relationships with
Māori as they begin their journey into the accounting profession and I look
forward to the positive outcomes that this role will bring to Māori and the
profession.

“Our
team at GHA are committed to growing the number of Māori in the accounting
profession, so this role is a very important initiative to help achieve this
aspirational goal.”